sbalough

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by sbalough 9mo ago
Anyone have comments actually about Opal? Curious if anyone tried it.
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by sbalough 11mo ago
True, but DRM free books in digital form have a lot more potential utility for non-genius types like myself. Just a good search engine over the text is a huge win before even considering the standard reader features like notes and book mar
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by sbalough 1y ago
I don’t think that was his argument. It would be one thing if we reach a point where humans trust a higher AI intelligence to create/keep software systems predictably meeting requirements. We aren’t there yet. So, it’s important to
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by sbalough 2y ago
Copy cat killers or just harassment? But, I guess the less smart perpetrators since it’s a public company and the info is in filings.
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by sbalough 2y ago
If we had more insurance companies instead of a few that dominate the market, then your employer would have more choices. More competing insurance cos would lead some to differentiate by having a reputation of honest claim handling while a
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by sbalough 2y ago
Thought cameras literally everywhere would improve the odds these days
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by sbalough 2y ago
I have the same thoughts especially thinking how we’re on the precipice of possible mass workforce displacement from ai and robots like waymo. What I just can’t understand is why anyone would feel satisfied being the billionaire in a bunke
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by sbalough 2y ago
Not murderers of others they consider to be “in” their own “group”. But murderers of out group folks seems like it just depends on enough rage and desperation to build up.
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by sbalough 2y ago
It’ll get worse. You forgot to throw in unrest due to mass workforce displacement from ai / bots
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by sbalough 2y ago
Not so fast, probably just killer bots…thugs are screwed too
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by sbalough 2y ago
Nah, folks’ll forget about it in a few days and go back to perpetuating or worrying about stuff like trans & immigrant bashing.
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by sbalough 2y ago
Think this is a failure of govt to use capitalism as an effective tool. More competition in the insurer space means non-evil players can afford to manage risk
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by sbalough 2y ago
I think a main root cause of high insurance costs is failure of govt to break up health company monopolies and other impediments to a competitive marketplace like no individual mandate which should make it hard for smaller players to take o
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by sbalough 2y ago
CEOs of largest companies don’t tend to spend much time near poor folks communities that suffer from violent mental health episodes. Executives even way further down forbs 500 have security staff.
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by sbalough 2y ago
Seemed like a hit job. Most likely the public and especially poorer folks will just keep getting screwed since their communities will most likely be exposed to armed unstable types.
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by sbalough 2y ago
I live in the US and don’t disagree with your perspective. I am genuinely curious if the average American is better or worse off in terms of mental health than 30 or 50 years ago. My guess is that people just described the symptoms differ
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by sbalough 6y ago
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